Some children who were reported missing following a fire incident at a slum community in the suburb of the capital of Freetown last week have been found.

A fire tore through the deprived community and left thousands of families homeless overnight. 

The fire started late on Wednesday in Susan's Bay, an overcrowded area in the heart of Freetown where some of its poorest families live. 

Ramatou Diallow is the advocacy and communications director with Save the Children Sierra Leone country office.